Comment by abalashov

This is the first popular publication article I've seen that has given the very important cognitive overload aspect of nagging--and especially multi-pronged nagging litany, which seems to be the most common kind--the treatment it deserves:

   But when it comes to nagging reminders about what your
   spouse still has to do after a long day working for the 
   man—take out the recycling, walk the dog, write a 
   thank-you letter, defrost the chicken, fix the 
   stereo—keep a lid on it.  Economists talk about
   “information processing costs,” or the costs incurred 
   from processing, absorbing and filtering information. 
   When information processing costs get too high, we 
   tend to become paralyzed.